The Five Boroughs

New York City is made up of five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Each one has enough attractions—and enough personality—to be a city all its own. Learn more about them with this guide.

April is a season of rebirth and blossoming buds, and New York City pays proper homage to the power of flowers. All through April, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden invites visitors to share in the Japanese tradition of hanami, or cherry-blossom viewing, culminating in the Sakura Matsuri festival; and more than a few flowers will be adorning the bonnets that form the centerpiece of one of the City's most beloved annual rites—the Easter Day Parade, on Fifth Avenue. For those more inclined to the indoors, there's plenty of art on the calendar (Andy Warhol at the Queens Museum, Judy Chicago at the Brooklyn Museum, a fresh look at contemporary art, courtesy of France) and movies as well, including the Havana Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's retrospective honoring downtown auteur Jim Jarmusch, establishing beyond a doubt that April is the coolest month.